arch/arm64/efi-stub.o rebuilding every time?

[Ard Biesheuvel]

On 4 July 2014 10:24, Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 04, 2014 at 07:36:17AM +0100, Matt Fleming wrote:
>> On Thu, 2014-07-03 at 16:16 +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
>> > On 3 July 2014 16:13, Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com> wrote:
>> > > Hi guys,
>> > >
>> > > If I build an arm64 kernel, then simply hit make again without changing
>> > > anything, I find that efi-stub.o is rebuilt every time (with an annoying
>> > > warning too, but I think you already know about that):
>> > >
>> >
>> > Yep, I had noticed that as well. The reason is that it depends on
>> > generated header files, which it shouldn't. There's already a patch
>> > queued in Matt Fleming's tree for this:
>> > https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/mfleming/efi.git/commit/?h=next&id=86b2eb8cdffda7eef07b1d6e5464491df1e86ee9
>>
>> It sounds like that commit should actually be put into my 'urgent'
>> branch and sent to tip asap instead of being queued up for the next
>> merge window.
>>
>> Objections?
>
> Sounds good to me. You can also add my ack, if you like:
>
>   Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com>
>

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